From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Photograph displaying a set of B.19 big end bearings and shims after testing, highlighting a specific bearing failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0204 | |
| Date | 27th November 1936 guessed | |
| UPPER HALVES <— 1 TO 6 —> B.19 BEARINGS. BIG END BEARINGS & SHIMS AC 1. WITH EXCEPTION OF No.2. HAVE RUN SAME TIME AS MAIN BEARINGS. NO.2 HAS RUN 6 HOURS AT 1/4 LOAD. NO.3 BEARING FAILURE OCCURED AT 4,500 R.P.M. 5 | ||